java replace special characters to text

Question

I have the following code which is changing the text I am inputting to UPPERCASE

if(WrtMsg.isDisplayable()== true); { //System.out.println(test.toString().toUpperCase()); RecView.setText(test.toString().toUpperCase()); }

Now I want special characters like asterix (*) to be changes as text. Example * to ATX ... So the output will be displayed as ATX.

WrtMsg is the jtextarea of text input and RecView is the jtextarea where the output is showing.

Any help please? Thanks.

Sanjay T. Sharma · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-09 16:12:33Z

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Just use the replaceAll method of the String class. something.replaceAll(Pattern.quote("*"), "ATX").

answered Jul 9, 2011 at 16:12

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I think you mean Pattern.quote(...)

Globmont · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-09 16:16:37Z

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if(wrtMsg.getText().contains("*")) { RecView.setText("ATX"); }

answered Jul 9, 2011 at 16:16

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Michell Bak · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-09 18:07:25Z

Have you considered manually changing it in code? You could create a method like this:

private String charToText(String character) { character = character.replace("*", "ATX") // and so forth... return character; }

Howard · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-09 16:13:15Z

You should use the replace method of the string object

test.toString().toUpperCase().replace("*", "ATX")

Eng.Fouad · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-09 16:43:01Z

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RecView.setText(wrtMsg.getText().replace("*", "ATX"));

answered Jul 9, 2011 at 16:43

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